Title: Brushes with power: modern politics and the Chinese art of calligraphyAuthor: Kraus, Richard CurtPublished: University of California Press, 1991Subjects: Politics | China | ArtPublisher's Description: Chinese calligraphy has traditionally been an emblem of the ruling class and its authority. After a century of mass revolution, what is the fate of this elite art? Richard Kraus explores the relationship beween politics and the art of writing in China today to explicate the complex relationship betw . . . [more]Similar Items